The 88th Academy Awards ceremony is underway. "The Revenant" leads
with twelve nominations, "Mad Max: Fury Road" is close behind with ten
nods, and "The Martian" takes third place with seven nominations.
Comedian Chris Rock is hosting this year and wasted no time addressing
the diversity issue at the Oscars, sharing a slightly humorous speech
about the issue of discrimination in Hollywood.
Rock says the Oscars were always racist, but were too busy to protest.
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Chris Rock makes a suggestion to improve diversity in Hollywood.
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